<s>
Toad	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
database	B-Application
management	I-Application
toolset	O
from	O
Quest	O
Software	O
for	O
managing	O
relational	O
and	O
non-relational	O
databases	B-Application
using	O
SQL	B-Language
aimed	O
at	O
database	O
developers	O
,	O
database	O
administrators	O
,	O
and	O
data	O
analysts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Toad	B-Operating_System
toolset	O
runs	O
against	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
,	O
SQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
IBM	B-Application
DB2	I-Application
(	O
LUW	O
&	O
z/OS	O
)	O
,	O
SAP	B-Application
and	O
MySQL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Toad	B-Operating_System
product	O
for	O
data	O
preparation	O
supports	O
many	O
data	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
practicing	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
DBA	O
,	O
Jim	O
McDaniel	O
,	O
designed	O
Toad	B-Operating_System
for	O
his	O
own	O
use	O
in	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
called	O
it	O
Tool	B-Operating_System
for	I-Operating_System
Oracle	I-Operating_System
Application	I-Operating_System
Developers	I-Operating_System
,	O
shortened	O
to	O
"	O
TOAD	B-Operating_System
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
McDaniel	O
initially	O
distributed	O
the	O
tool	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
and	O
later	O
online	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quest	O
Software	O
acquired	O
TOAD	B-Operating_System
in	O
October	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unit	O
Testing	O
(	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
)	O
-	O
Ensures	O
code	O
is	O
functionally	O
tested	O
before	O
it	O
is	O
released	O
into	O
production	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Static	O
code	O
review	O
(	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
)	O
-	O
Ensures	O
code	O
meets	O
required	O
quality	O
level	O
using	O
a	O
rules-based	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SQL	B-Language
Optimization	O
-	O
Provides	O
developers	O
with	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
tune	O
and	O
optimize	O
SQL	B-Language
statements	O
and	O
database	O
code	O
without	O
relying	O
on	O
a	O
DBA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Advanced	O
optimization	O
enables	O
DBAs	O
to	O
tune	O
SQL	B-Language
effectively	O
in	O
production	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scalability	O
testing	O
and	O
database	O
workload	O
replay	O
-	O
Ensures	O
that	O
database	O
code	O
and	O
SQL	B-Language
will	O
scale	O
properly	O
before	O
it	O
gets	O
released	O
into	O
production	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TOAD	B-Operating_System
Handbook	O
2nd	O
Edition	O
by	O
Bert	O
Scalzo	O
and	O
Dan	O
Hotka	O
,	O
Addison-Wesley	O
Professional	O
,	O
2009	O
(	O
,	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
